Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II (GSLV Mk II) is the largest launch vehicle developed by India, which is currently in operation. This fourth generation launch vehicle is a three stage vehicle with four liquid strap-ons. The indigenously developed cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), which is flight proven, forms the third stage of GSLV Mk II. From January 2014, the vehicle has achieved four consecutive successes.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 7,420 kN
- Height
- 49 m
- Diameter
- 2.8 m
- Launch mass
- 401 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 0 kg
- GTO capacity
- 2,500 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
12
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
83.3%
10 of 12
Current success streak
4
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
Next: GSLV Mk II | GISAT-1A (EOS-05) — September 30, 2026
- GSLV Mk II | NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) — Success
- GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1K (NVS-02) — Success
- GSLV Mk II | INSAT-3DS — Success
- GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1J (NVS-01) — Success
- GSLV Mk II | EOS-03 (GISAT-1) — Failure